Written questions

2,665 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Childcare: Eligibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if her Department recognises (a) student nurses and (b) other essential vocational trainees as "working" for the purposes of childcare eligibility.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper Giving every child the best start in life strategy, published on 7 July 2025, whether each local authority is required to publish a Best Start Local Plan; how tho

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Giving every child the best start in life, published on 7 July 2025, what progress has been made in awarding financial incentives to early years teachers

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Family Hubs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Giving every child the best start in life, published on 7 July 2025, how many best start family hubs are planned to be operational by April 2026.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken with relevant authorities to help increase the safety of bus drivers in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Theatre: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support amateur theatre in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Public Libraries: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support libraries in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Nurses

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many pancreatic cancer specialist nurses are employed in the NHS in England.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Medical Treatments

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of regional variation for access to treatment for pancreatic cancer.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a national screening programme for pancreatic cancer.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for pancreatic cancer.

10 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Defibrillators

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 63143 on Defibrillators, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to ensure defibrillator manufacturers are

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Hamas: Proscribed Organisations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was the cost to the public purse of assessing Hamas' appeal against proscription.

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the change in average household energy bills in (a) England and (b) Fylde since July 2024.

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65159 on Undocumented Workers: Sharing Economy, whether gig economy platforms are required to report suspected illegal working; and what action is tak

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65159 on Undocumented Workers: Sharing Economy, how many reports of suspected (a) asylum seekers and (b) irregular migrants working in the gig economy

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Workers: Gig Economy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will issue guidance on whether gig economy platforms are required to report suspected illegal working.

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 58584 on Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics, for how long is biometric data retained when it is collected from individuals who have entered the UK unl

10 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Undocumented Migrants: Biometrics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 65158 on Undocumented Migrants: Fingerprints, what procedures are followed if biometric data cannot be collected at the time of encounter due to (a) a

10 Jul 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Personal Independence Payment: Medical Examinations

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating in-person appointments for personal independent payment assessments.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Trains: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help improve the safety of train drivers in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Illness: Lancashire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of mental health conditions among young people in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

9 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in the hospitality sector in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Financial Services: Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of including financial education in the curriculum for GCSE Maths.

9 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Remote Working

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department has spent on equipment for civil servants to work from home in each of the last five years.

9 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peafowl: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the population of wild peacocks.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how her Department monitors whether contributions from agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 are spent (a) within agreed timeframes and (b) on th

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require local planning authorities to publish (a) agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and (b) related compliance information in (i)

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local planning authorities have adequate resources to (a) negotiate, (b) monitor and (c) enforce agreements under section 106 o

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the value of financial contributions secured through agreements under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in each of th

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